Editorial
Don't work harder - work smarter!
December 2005
Sheila Pantry OBE
May we wish you the Season's Greeting wherever you are in the World!
All organisations will need to review their health, safety, chemical,
fire and environment procedures on a regular basis. Security should be
part of this continuous risk assessment of the workplace. The results
should give some valuable guidelines when carrying out the Business
Continuity Plans to ensure that the business and the most important part -
the people working in it, are kept safe and secure, not only in their
health but in their jobs. Those attending the EurOhse2005 Conference and
the Masterclass www.eurOhse2005.com
heard much about these topics and others this past week. As one of the
speakers said - "there is much yet to be done"! One of the
topics covered was on managing attendance and return to work, that
included violence in the workplace. December 2005 OSHWORLD FOCUS reviews a
new book on Workplace Violence, issues, trends, strategies which
explores some of the key issues around violence in the workplace. Have you
checked recently to see if absenteeism in your workplace is connected to
workplace violence?
Another area to watch is to ensure that you are up-to-date in your
wider health and safety information. Remember ignorance of the law and its
requirements is NO excuse. So do you want to keep up-to-date in worldwide
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Training and conferences... for your 2005/2006 Diary
Look at the latest additions to the Diary of
Events and you will see plans have been made already worldwide up to
the end of 2006 to have training courses, symposiums and conferences in
many places in the world on a wide range of subjects.
Remember that even if you cannot attend these many events, speakers and
organisers are often willing to share their knowledge. Look at the details
- where possible, we add in the web sites of these events so you can
request further information. And do let me know if you are organising any
OSHE events so that I can add them to the Diary.
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Don't work harder - work smarter!
Well did you have a zero accident and incident-free year in 2005 in
your workplace?
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